The Revenue Formula

Updated: 04 Mar 2025 • 204 episodes
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This podcast is about scaling tech startups. Hosted by Toni Hohlbein & Mikkel Plaehn, together they look at the full funnel. With a combined 20 years of experience in B2B SaaS and 3 exits, they discuss growing pains, challenges and opportunities they’ve faced. Whether you're working in RevOps, sales, operations, finance or marketing - if you care about revenue, you'll care about this podcast. If there’s one thing they hate, it’s talk. We know, it’s a bit of an oxymoron. But execution and focus is the key - that’s why each episode is designed to give 1-2 very concrete takeaways.

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So we've crossed 200 episodes. And we felt like, as usual, doling out some advice - this time focused on the thing we spend a lot of time on... Podcasts. Specifcally this one. If you've considered, or are constantly being suggested/told to do a podcast. This episode is for you. If not, maybe it'll just be fun to get a

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How's PLG different from outbound? We asked someone who's worked with both motions. And the interesting part?  They used a very simple trick to accelerate their PLG: Defining their ICP. (00:00) - Introduction (10:02) - Finding the ICP (19:37) - Acquisition and Sales Strategy (20:04) - Brand equity (22:53) - Trigger for

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Growth envy. We've all been there. Another company just blows up in what feels like seconds. Immediately you wonder, how could we achieve the same? Well, first step is understanding, and in this episode we break down the conditions that enabled Cursor to grow incredibly fast. (00:00) - Introduction (02:20) - Cursor and

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There are 1000s of privately held unicorns. But for many of them, they will truly struggle to make a meaningful exit. We discuss why together with Roee. (00:00) - Introduction (02:25) - Understanding Zombie Unicorns (04:30) - The Rise and Fall of Valuations (06:33) - VC Expectations and Company Growth (12:01) - The Fra

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Are you about to report to the CEO? Are you already? In todays episode, we share our experience reporting to the CEO. (00:00) - Introduction (03:51) - Our first CEO (07:10) - Benefits and Challenges of Reporting to the CEO (13:03) - Effective Communication and Management Strategies (20:16) - Deliver 100% of your commit

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Free trials don't work for AI products - so... what do you do? That's what we asked Chris, CEO and founder of Slite. (00:00) - Introduction (03:36) - Challenges in Selling AI (04:53) - Introduction to Slite and Super (06:31) - AI Implementation and Use Cases (08:50) - Customer Onboarding and Trials (10:15) - Why can't

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